How to create a Folder in the GCP Bucket using API

Google Cloud Compute Infrastructure
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I want to create a Folder in the GCP Bucket using the API in a web application.

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Hi @Documently ,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

To create a folder in a Google Cloud Storage bucket using the API, you will need to use the **POST** method and send a request to the **/b/{bucket}/o** endpoint. In the request, you will need to specify the bucket name in the URL path, set the **Content-Type** header to **application/json**, and include the **folder** property in the request body.

Here is an example of how to create a folder using the API in a web application:

import requests

# Set the API endpoint URL
api_endpoint = "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/{bucket}/o"

# Set the bucket name
bucket_name = "my-bucket"

# Set the folder name
folder_name = "my-folder"

# Set the API key
api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"

# Set the request headers
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"
}

# Set the request body
data = {
    "name": folder_name,
    "folder": True
}

# Send the POST request
response = requests.post(api_endpoint, headers=headers, json=data)

# Print the response status code
print(response.status_code)

This will create a folder with the name my-folder in the bucket my-bucket.

Keep in mind that you will need to have the correct permissions to create a folder in the bucket. You will also need to replace **YOUR_API_KEY** with your own API key, and **my-bucket** and **my-folder** with the appropriate names for your bucket and folder.

Note: Folders in the Google Cloud resource hierarchy are different from the folders concept covered in this page, which only applies to buckets and objects in Cloud Storage.

Thank you